Just because you’re a good girl…
Doesn’t mean you won’t get a spanking!
Stranded woman is rescued by a Dom; she learns to behave
“Are you all right, miss?”
The muffled voice through the closed car window startles me. I put my non-functional phone down and look at the potential assailant standing beside my car. However, he doesn’t look dangerous. The voice belongs to a silver-haired man with matching salt and pepper beard. With his round face, he looks a bit like Santa Clause. In the cold wind, his cheeks and nose are rosy.
I push the down button to lower the window, but nothing happens. Cautiously, I open the door. “My car died, and now it won’t start.”
“Try and start it, let me listen to it.” I turn the key and absolutely nothing happens. “The lights aren’t working either.”
“The battery is dead. It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes they fail like this — just spontaneously die.”
“I tried calling the auto club, but I can’t get any reception on my phone.”
“Yes, this is a rather secluded road. Not a very safe place to break down.”
“I didn’t plan it.”
“Yes, of course. Well, come on. Lock it up and let’s go.” His voice is commanding. Strangely, I am compelled to comply.
“Wait, you expect me to just go with you?” Better sense prevails to hold me back.
“As I said, it is not safe for us to simply stand around out here. If you can’t call anyone, what else are you going to do?” At that moment the rain starts. “The weather man says it’s going to be an ice storm tonight. You can’t stay here.” Again, the firm command in his voice demands action.
Walking anywhere was out of the question. I pick up my purse and slam the door on the dead car. I press the lock button on the key fob.
“That won’t work,” Santa says, “you’ll have to lock it with the key.”
After locking the door, I follow him to his car. He opens the passenger door for me. After taking a second to glance inside, to ensure no one else is in the car, I sit and wait for him to close the door.
This is it. Will I ever be heard from again?
He walks around and climbs into the driver’s seat.
“Will you please take me to a gas station?” I ask.
“No, that won’t do at all. In the old days, there were genuine service stations where you might have been able to buy a battery. But, not today. You won’t be able to buy a battery until morning.”
I guess Santa would know about the old days.
The rain turns to ice and adheres to the windshield. “I’ll take you home. Where do you live?”
I’m sitting in a car with an ax murderer, and he wants me to tell him where I live!
“Ah-ah, cross the river. I’ll show you where to turn.” I decide to stall. Perhaps, I will jump out when he stops at the red light just before my street.
As we round a curve, a police car blocks our path. Its flashing lights are blinding, but we can see two wrecked cars on the bridge beyond.
“The bridge has already iced over.” Santa throws the car in reverse and executes a three-point turn. He roars on in the opposite direction.
Damn, I should have jumped out and run to the policeman.
A few minutes later, we pass my dead car, now coated in ice.
“Now what are we going to do?”
“I’ll have to take you to my house.”
I watch the icy trees pass by as we head further away from the city. “No, maybe you should just drop me someplace safe. I don’t want to trouble you so much.”
He brakes the car to a stop. “Listen here, young lady, you are exercising good judgment in being cautious. But, look at the big picture here.” He points out the window to the densely falling, frozen rain. “There is no safe place out there tonight. And, I am simply not going to drop you off anywhere that I am not certain is safe.” He stares at me, waiting for a response, but I only stare at him. “Did you understand me?”
“Yes, Sir.”
Did I really call him Sir?
*****
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